Growing up, Jones attended eight different schools in eight years as her single mother bounced between Texas and Iowa, often holding down two jobs to support her children. Jones' father, who spent time in the Air Force and jail, "wasn't really in the picture much," she said.

The correct name of this town is being researched by the Board on Geographic Names, a tiny federal agency that's part of the U.S. Geological Survey and is responsible for standardizing names of towns, creeks, lakes and mountains. By spring, it will decide whether to make Frytown official. It could be years, though, before maps reflect the change.

Winnebago provides a motor home known as "The Brain Bus" to Jeopardy! staff members who prowl America looking for contestants. The Iowa company does the same for Wheel of Fortune, with an RV nicknamed "The Wheelmobile." Often, no money changes hands. The TV shows get free use of Winnebago RVs. Winnebago gets free publicity by having its products associated with programs seen by millions of people.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have rejected a bid to buy the team that had been put together by a group that included Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and former NFL quarterback Dan Marino, the group's financier said. The group had increased its offer to more than $170 million on Friday, financier Andrew Murstein told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Clemson offensive lineman Roman Fry was driving the personal watercraft that struck and killed the school's assistant track coach when the two were on Lake Keowee last Saturday. The state Natural Resources Department says alcohol was not thought to be a contributing factor to the fatal accident, where 32-year-old Jarrett Foster died from head injuries.

Windmills are sprouting across the Midwest, but this city is promoting the use of electricity-producing wind turbines everywhere even in backyards. Mason City this week became the first Iowa town to set rules that allow windmills in commercial, industrial and residential zones.